Parenting Classes for Adoptive & Foster Parents

Sunny Ridge is pleased to welcome The
Theraplay Institute, an organization that has been helping parents build better
relationships with their children for over 40 years. They understand that
adopted and foster children often need a different kind of parenting, and that
these parenting skills may not just come naturally to even the best parent.
Their experts understand the neurological and developmental issues that might be
challenging your child, and they will give you specific ideas and techniques to
help you bring joy, fun, and laughter back home to your family.
The Theraplay Institute will share what you need to know about attachment and
trauma, and how parenting “The Theraplay Way” will address your child’s
challenges. You will see the activities being used with other families, and you
will practice some of them to give you confidence to try them at home. This
program is also appropriate for pre-adoptive parents as well as for extended
family members such as grandparents, and aunts and uncles.
The workshop will address such issues as:

How to help your child feel more comfortable accepting your guidance and
leadership.

How to nip negative behaviors in the bud without being punitive.

How to get away from constant rewards and threats of consequence.

How to discipline your child in a way that is effective and fosters learning
rather seeming to make the child feel ashamed and vengeful.

How to integrate playful, reciprocal interactions that will enhance your
child’s sense of well-being and self-esteem.

How to foster a feeling of connection and joy between you and your child
that will last beyond the time of the actual activity/event.

Workshop Fee: $95 for the full-day workshop; $150 per
couple; includes light refreshments (lunch on your own; you may bring a sack
lunch if you wish)

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Who We Are

We are a group of people from Willow Creek Church that advocate for orphans and vulnerable children. Our goal is to educate our churches and communities to understand the plight of orphaned and vulnerable children, and to support the families that are caring for them. Our focus is on adoption, foster care and Safe Families.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT WILLOW CREEK

Thursday, September 21, 2017, 6:30-10:00pm D.C.F.S. Educational Advocacy Training. Must be a licensed foster parent to attend. Register on the DCFS web site.Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 7:30-8:45pmAdoption Informational Meeting. Learn more about the types of adoption and the process involved. Facilitated by an adoption professional. Room TBA

Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 7:30-8:45pm Safe Families for Children Informational Meeting. Learn about the Safe Families movement and how you can be a part of helping children and families in crisis. Room TBA

ON-GOING GROUPS

Waiting Families Group: Families in the process of adopting meet every 3rd Sunday of the month after the 11:15 service (about 12:30) in the atrium, behind the screen, for connection, support, & encouragement. For more information contact Angela Osgood at 773-430-5304.